Skype 5.6 For Mac Released with Automatic Updates, Lion Full-Screen, New Group Video Calling UI

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Earlier today, Skype updated its Mac client with a series of new features, bringing the app to version 5.6 up from the 5.5 beta released in January. Among the most notable improvements, full-screen support for OS X Lion will allow Skype users to eliminate distractions and focus on the chat or call at hand by putting the app in a dedicated workspace on 10.7. Speaking of calls, group video calling received a fresh coat of paint with an improved user interface design that now allows for easy switching between dynamic and non-dynamic modes — when dynamic mode is on, the person who is speaking is moved automatically to the top of the window, similarly to how Hangouts work on Google+.

Whilst still featuring the much criticized window design that was introduced with version 5.0 last year, Skype is making some subtle improvements to the app. For instance, messages can be removed from conversations now, and entire conversations can be deleted from the sidebar (and the history). The first-run experience has also been redesigned, now including a handy tutorial to show what’s new in the latest version of Skype, and guide users though some basic steps such as making a call. Equally important it’s the new Automatic Updates function, which will make sure Skype is running the latest version available and will relaunch the app every once in a while if an update has been detected and downloaded in the background. This option can be disabled in the Preferences.

Skype 5.6 is a recommended update for all Skype for Mac users (it also contains bug fixes), and it can be downloaded here.

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Parallels Desktop v7.0.15055 MAC OSX-P2P

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Here’s a nice software for many Mac user. Personally i prefer to use VMWare Fusion for OSX, i think it’s more faster than parallels…

Description:
Parallels Desktop is simply the world’s bestselling, top-rated, and most trusted solution for running Windows applications on your Mac. With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac OS X applications side-by-side without rebooting. Drag-and-drop files between Windows and Mac applications, launch Windows applications from your Mac dock, and do much more with speed, control and confidence.

Seamless Simplicity Use Run Windows programs like they were native to your Mac. Setting up Parallels Desktop for Mac is simple and quick. Enjoy the best of both worlds – Windows and Mac OS X – on one seamless desktop.

Performance and Personalization Experience as much or as little Windows as you want. Multiple view modes make it possible for you to customize the level of integration between Mac and Windows without compromising performance.

Version 7.0.15055:

• Support for OS X Mountain Lion (experimental).
• Support for Windows 8 Consumer Preview (experimental).
• Download and install Windows 8 Consumer Preview right from the Parallels Wizard.

Release name: Parallels.Desktop.v7.0.15055.MAC.OSX-P2P
Size: 304MB
Links: Homepage – NFO

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Cut The Rope v1.0 MAC OSX-P2P

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Cut The Rope, the well know and popular iPhone game is finaly ported to MacOsX.

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A mysterious package has arrived, and the little monster inside has only one request… CANDY! The long-awaited hit game Cut the Rope has finally arrived in the Mac App Store! Cut the ropes to release the delicious bundles into Om Nom’s mouth. As you keep your new companion’s sweet tooth satisfied, be sure to collect shiny gold stars to unlock new levels.

Features:

• 250 levels, 10 level boxes
• Innovative gameplay mechanics
• Realistic physics
• Cute character
• Outstanding graphics

Release name: Cut.The.Rope.v1.0.MAC.OSX-P2P
Size: 135MB
Links: Homepage – NFO

Download: TURBOBiT

 

 

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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 1

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Here we have a first look at the new upcoming version of OS X: Mountain Lion. The new OS is scheduled for late summer 2012. Enjoy!

Description: The ninth major release of OS X, Mountain Lion introduces great features inspired by iPad, re-imagined for the Mac. With Game Center, Notification Center, Documents in the Cloud, new sharing capabilities, advanced security features and so much more, you can build the most innovative Mac apps ever. Because it’s designed with innovations from iPad and it works even better with iCloud. The result is that it makes everything you do on the Mac easier, smarter and even more amusing.

Release Name: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 1
Size: 3.45 GB
Links: NFO, Homepage
Download: DEPOSiTFiLES (split) – TURBOBiT (single), Torrent Search

 

 

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OS X Messages Is The Future Of Chat, But Still Kinda Buggy [Hands-On]

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OS X Messages Is The Future Of Chat, But Still Kinda Buggy [Hands-On]: "

When Apple announced iMessage for iOS 5 last summer we were excited to finally have a universal messaging app that sought to free our cellphones from the slavery of wireless carrier texting plans. Today with the announcement of Messages for OS X it looks like Apple is serious about creating a messaging service that supplants texting and chat services by providing a one size fits all solution that works well on every screen. The new Messages app is pretty awesome and it’s a needed step forward that finally unifies iChat, iMessage, and Facetime, but it is not without its flaws.
Using Messages feels natural for anyone who owns an iPhone/iPad running iOS 5.0 or above. It works just like iMessage in that you select a contact’s phone number or email address, type your message, hit enter and send it to their device. However, there are a few quirks that I’ve discovered so far.
For instance: Emjoi are immensely popular with iPhone users, but OS X Message can’t send emoji. Instead of emoji, Messages has 28 different emoticons, but if you send an emoticon to an iPhone they don’t get the little picture, they just see “:-)” instead of a smiley face image. But if an iOS user sends an emoji to a Messages user the Messages user can see the Emoji. It’s kind of weird how that works out and Apple should just scrap the emoticons and just use Emoji on both Messages and iMessages.

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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion comes with a new feature that brings a Notification Center to the Mac which is awesome for the new Messages app. Rather than fumbling through apps to view the most recent messages, users can just open the Notification Center to see their unread messages. It works great, except there seems to be a problem with the alert system: sometimes it shows a pop-up of new messages, sometimes it doesn’t. Another annoyance with the Notification Center is that clicking on a particular message doesn’t instantly bring up Messages. In iOS a user can simply slide their finger across an iMessage in the Notification Center and it brings up the Message app. We’d like to see that same type of functionality make it to the final version of Messages, but seems how this is just Beta we won’t complain too loudly.


Messages also includes the ability to FaceTime with contacts. Simply click the FaceTime button in the upper-right hand corner of a chat conversation and the FaceTime app will launch and start a new video feed with your friend. A couple other nice features about Messages is the ability to send files to other users, set auto-reply messages, and change notification sounds and backgrounds like users are used to doing in iChat. Chat transcripts are saved to the iChats folder, but if you close out a conversation thread and then start a new one with the same person the previous transcript isn’t automatically loaded into the thread to make it appear seamless a la Facebook Chat.

Overall, OS X Messages looks to be a very promising app. Apple has managed to combine iChat, iMessage, and FaceTime into one easy to use app that connects users anywhere in the world no matter what type of Apple device they’re using. There are quite a few bugs and inconsistencies that need to be worked out before the “beta” tag can be removed from the app, but once those fixes are made we think Apple’s Messages platform will be the future of chatting.

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Skype 5.5 Beta Released with New Call UI, Call Answering and Quality Improvements

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The folks over at Skype have been hard at work on the next version of Skype 5.5 Beta for Mac and today they have released a new version of the app that adds some very nice functionality. Among the new features you will find a tweaked call interface that provides quick and easy access to several new features.

The improved discoverability of Skype’s Call allows Mac users to easily mute their microphone, send video, share their screen, send files and even add more people during a call.

They have also added the ability to accept calls with or without video which will certainly be a welcomed addition to Mac app. Various optimizations including an increase in call quality and stabilization were also reported to have been improved in this release.

Skype 5.5 Beta for Mac is available for download on their website.

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TinyUmbrella Get's Updated To Fix Crashing Bug

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A couple of days ago, @NotCom the well known developer and the guy behind TinyUmbrella tool updated his tool from some time to support iPhone 4S second iOS 5.0.1 build, but today too many users faced a lot of bugs especially those who are running TinyUmbrella on Windows as when any Windows user try to launch the app it crash...

So right now Notcom, the developer of TinyUmbrella. was quick to fix this and just updated his tool to resolve this issue…Read NotCom latest updated on his blog:

Thanks to an especially determined user (@szr8) I finally squashed a nasty bug that caused Windows users’ TU to crash on startup. Apparently it was something stupid that I was doing that I thought i wasn’t doing. Either way. Many of you have voiced this issue but now it’s fixed. This fix affects you if TU would crash on startup with “LibraryFinder” errors in the log.

So let's began downloading and we all hope that no user face anymore errors:

Download TinyUmbrella [Windows users]
Download TinyUmbrella [Mac users]

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Macroplant Phone to Mac v4.3.3.4 MACOSX Incl Keygen-Lz0

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This is simply a must to have for all mac user with an iDevice, what more can i say ?

Description:
Phone to Mac lets you easily copy, transfer or rip the music, videos and playlists from any iPod, iPhone, iPad directly into iTunes on any Mac. By decoding the iOS binary database, Phone to Mac rapidly reveals the contents of your device and then lets you choose what to do with the tracks. Play counts, ratings and the other track details are all recovered for every song transferred. The program’s features also include audio and video track previews, sortable columns and more!

Version 4.3.3.4: Changelog isn’t available atm.

Release name: Macroplant.Phone.to.Mac.v4.3.3.4.MACOSX.Incl.Keygen-Lz0
Size: 10MB in 3F
Links: Homepage – NFO

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Avid Pro Tools 10 MAC OSX

Avid Pro Tools 10 MAC OSX | 2.1 GB

Your dedication deserves the best tools available. Introducing Pro Tools 10, the next generation of the best sounding, most powerful audio production software for recording, composing, editing, and mixing music and sound for picture.

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What’s new

Speed up editing and mixing with Clip Gain, and easily adjust and match gain levels, pre-mixer (watch the video)
Use multiple audio formats in a session—including interleave—without file duplication
Record and master higher resolution sound with more headroom in 32-bit floating-point format
Get great responsiveness on slower hard drives with the enhanced disk handler
Record in low-latency mode, with direct monitoring when using third-party audio interfaces
Get the sound of System 5 console EQ and dynamics with the Avid Channel Strip plug-in

Get access to over 500 additional Pro Tools commands when using EUCON controllers (watch the video)
Work more easily with AudioSuite-rendered clips with reverse processing, handles, and more (watch the video)
Create extra long-format projects for sequential versioning with the extended 24-hour timeline
Open fade-heavy sessions faster and get better responsiveness with real-time fades
Export mixes directly to SoundCloud to share and promote your music to the world

Homepage: http://anonymz.com/?www.avid.com

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